Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun A young boy was born into the struggle – literally. His parents had launched a sit-in strike in India, demanding land rights that the government had denied, when his mother went into labor. She refused to leave and gave birth to him right there on the frontline of the sit-in….
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#Striketober, 500,000 South Koreans Walkout & Crashing Fashion For Climate Action
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Welcome to #Striketober, a month of worker strikes that are sweeping across industries. According to the Intercept, 10,000 John Deere tractor company workers are on strike, joining “2,000 hospital workers striking in Buffalo, New York; 1,400 production workers for Kellogg’s in four states; 450 steelworkers in Huntington, West Virginia; and…
Giant Murals, Banner Blockades, Street Dances, and More
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The pandemic has shape-shifted activism, but it hasn’t stopped it. In our opening image (above), these activists blocked four streets in downtown San Francisco while they painted a giant mural (side image – and notice how small the people are!) of a hot air balloon that was visible from the skyrise…
250 Million People Strike In India
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Wow! Check out the Successes & Victories section. Amazing! And that’s not all: this week, up to 250 million Indians went on strike in what might be the largest strike in world history. The most interesting article I’ve read about actions in India was on the women of Shaheen Bagh who have been…